what would life is like for minorities in the country join me on my journey in search of india's soul on al-jazeera. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. take it we'll bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. an internet blackout an armored vehicles back on the streets of me and western governments the military to refrain from violence against civilians. now i maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program authorities in guinea are on high alert after an outbreak of ebola in the southeast 3 people have died in a day since donald trump's acquittal in the senate questions now turn to his

political future that of the republican party. and showing their love for political prisoners a valentine's day protest for kremlin critic elects in evolving. we begin in may and mark where there is a near total internet blackout in military tanks are back on the streets of the commercial capital yangon sought to be the 1st time ahmed vehicles of patrolled the city since a military coup 2 weeks ago the united states is warning its citizens there to stay at home there's also been a joint statement from western embassies in the security forces to refrain from violence this as large demonstrations continue to take place across the country already of the. including this one this is a some of the scenes for the. north in catchin state security forces firing shots

to disperse the crowds there under is of protesters were outside a power plant in the city of need kena it's not clear from videos streamed on social media whether rubber bullets or live ammunition was used against the protesters well the country's generals are giving themselves new powers to monitor and detain protesters many people though continuing to defy the the orders with crowd spending a 9th day demonstrating against the military coup foreign slowly reports. i thousands of people gather in different parts of yangon but all were the same demands they wanted leader aung san suu kyi and others detained since the coup to be released and for the military to hand back control what was. out there i. was working out some of the there were 00000000 right out. of mandalay

students on it a young protester shot by police during a protest in a dorm last week she remains in critical condition this is the 9th consecutive day of mass demonstrations across the country. some protesters held signs that read stop kidnapping people at night a reference to nighttime raids by police when activists and protesters are arrested in some neighborhoods people have banded together to form watch groups to warn each other when security forces are coming but also to look out for criminals in this neighborhood of yangon residents say they court 4 men they suspect of planning to carry out an attack. they believe the men are recently released prisoners freed under an amnesty announced by the military on friday so it of us are not. we think the military intends to cause violence with these excrement knows by getting them to infiltrate the peaceful protests in the military will have

a reason to extend their power to crack down on violence. his claim cannot be independently verified a group that advocates for political prisoners in myanmar has expressed concerns that the pardon for more than $23000.00 prisoners is too clear space for the detention of detainees during the current protests the military is also bringing back repressive laws used by the previous military giunta including a requirement for people to report overnight guests in their homes to authorities around $360.00 people detained since the coup are still being held but neither the risk of arrest no fear of a crackdown are enough to deter these protesters from taking to the streets florence li al jazeera. the world health organization is piling a rapid response to an ebola outbreak in guinea the 1st resurgence of the disease

there in 5 years 8 people have tested positive for the virus in the country's southeast 3 people have died and then in neighboring liberia health authorities are on heightened alert with the government ordering surveillance and prevention measures at least 11000 people died during an epidemic in west africa between 20132016 al-jazeera is nicholas haq us this update for us now from the car in santiago. there is an outbreak of ebola in guinea following tests made on one individual these tests were made blood tests p.c.r. machines that we usually use for the current outbreak were used to confirm that person had died from. that all started that person is a nurse that fell ill in january and she was taken to hospital and zurich or

a she was suffering from vomiting bleeding diarrhea and a week later she was buried nearby in a town nearby and it is jury that funeral that 8 other were infected with the virus now the minister of health says that it has dispatched at least 30 health workers to investigate and to try to find contact cases to trace and try to contain this outbreak meanwhile neighboring liberia has put its health authorities on a higher alert because that funeral happened just very close to the border of liberia and worth remembering during the 201320158 bold outbreak in the region well it all started in that very region and and these funerals that were super spread over 60 percent of all infections came from funerals and that's because of the practices that happened during those burials of. people washing their hands in common basins and then touch the body of the deceased and then there is the washing

of the body itself which favors the transmission of the virus. now to yemen but dozens of people there have been killed in fighting in the northern part of the country who think rebels have intensified their attacks against forces from the internationally recognized government as they try to take control of the city of. reports. yemeni soldiers fire at taking positions west of. these are trying to seize the city the internationally recognized government's last stronghold in the north. their spokesman says that only targeting government forces but residents dispute that over how ballmer then. we call for an immediate cease of the belligerent war against civilians and more there are no military barracks or posts in the city there are no militants or fighters and mark it's only home to civilians students and displaced yemenis. yemen's government has been locked in

a power struggle ever since the he captured the capital sanaa in 2014 it's called on the people in america to help the army defend the city yemeni commanders say they're determined not to lose control of it. mary will always remain steadfast standing as high as the so mountains by virtue of its brave men the men of the national army in popular resistance along with the on astroids who were all standing in defiance defending the city merab is and will always be the heartland of our republic saudi arabia has invested heavily in the recent is the saudi coalition has intensified as strikes to stop the hit these from seizing the city i think it goes to show that you know there is much work to be done you know on behalf of the yemenis to advance peace and shows that you know what the who these have made in amends you know they have a lot of momentum militarily but you know the international community needs to do

what it needs to do is to support diplomacy in a peaceful ceasefire negotiation. the upsurge in violence comes as the u.s. is due to lift its terrorist designation for the these on tuesday. president joe biden the united nations and aid groups say the designation is worsening an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis the u.n. says 400000 children in yemen could die from starvation this year if they don't get help victoria gate and be al jazeera. now a day after the u.s. senate acquitted donald trump in his 2nd impeachment trial the debate has turned to the future for the former president and that of his party the senate voted 57 to 43 falling short of the 2 thirds majority required for a conviction for the for the charge of inciting the insurrection on january 6th republicans including their senate leader mitch mcconnell condemned donald trump

but of course most of them didn't vote against him citing constitutional reasons for that and he got a guy is in west palm beach florida where donald trump is now living and says the republican party will be assessing the direction it takes. the only thing we've heard from trump since he was cleared in the 2nd impeachment trial is a written statement that says my journey with to make america great again is only just begun it with the next few months i'm going to share lots of new things with you but this is a silent president and some people would say someone has been very damaged indeed and because of he is now tied to that journey with the 6 insurrection thanks to the democrats and the arguments they put forward during the 2nd impeachment trial but the question is what is the republican party going forward is the party of trump ism or is the party of more moderate people moderate people like adam kinzinger for instance who who voted that he was guilty so there are swirling questions here and there's no doubt that trump still casts a long shadow over the republican party but it's important to remember i think in

the time that trump was president many people have now left the republican party in record numbers in states like arizona or in georgia which both flipped blue so while he does still loom large there's also the fact that criminal charges may be coming is why there's also a couple of investigations already being opened in new york and that one in georgia after the hour long phone call with broad raffensperger the republican secretary of state when trump asked for a specific number of votes so there are all sorts of questions swirling meanwhile trump staying very quiet here in florida. now any exit poll this any cost of our election suggesting that will be a major political change in the country with a victory for the anti establishment that and. counting is well underway in the polls say that the left wing party that by the former prime minister alvin kirti should win just under 42 percent of the vote because he's promising to fight corruption but also take a hard line in the relationship with neighboring serbia which doesn't recognize

cost of an independence. on ian's arches following events for us and the cost of capital pristina of course voting stations have now closed tell us more about what the exit poll results are showing. why broke by the 1st or the 1st results preliminary results based on the hull for the votes called the termination movement to lead by former course or prime minister of the 48 percent of votes his supporters are already celebrating here in the streets of pristina but the next challenge would be to form a government kosovo parliament has a 120 seats in the house last one is needed to do that so we'll probably needs to have some correlation partner who could that be it's too early to say but what we do know is that his laws the government was elected in october 2013 it's

majority due to disagreement to be coalition partners in a time democratic leader of course of all over the issue of dealing with to coronavirus been there me and also on the issue of e.u. facilitated the dialogue with serbia. thank you very much for joining us there from pristina. i want to bring you some exit polls now from spain because it shows that the 3 main separate is parties a jointly winning a majority of seats in an election taking place in the catalonia region which could potentially we shape the political landscape polls suggest separate is posse e r c is in the lead while the far right vox party will likely gain representatives in the katherine parliament for the 1st time. and watching al jazeera live from london still ahead. a popular uprising or high level

play minister tells us what he thinks is behind the country's political crisis. and the image that mocks a major milestone in the race for the red planet. hello we're seeing some welcome rainfall into northern parts of queensland recently right into the interior actually looks like just storms there nor the parts of australia are seeing some wet weather but notice a little further east this lost a little area of low pressure which is making its way towards new zealand the next wants to welcome wet weather coming in across the north olive as we go through monday and tuesday follow it back to thius showers there across the eastern side of new south wales still in place and then showers there running up that eastern side

of queensland towards the north towards cape york peninsula wet weather there just draped across the top and i've also got some wet weather for good measure coming in across a good part of the way but doubts was the southwest it does states raw and hot $35.00 celsius there in perth warming up becoming hotter down towards the southeast good tennis weather melbourne with a hive around $31.00 celsius by choose day that will see temperatures just not going up for parts of japan over the next couple days but for the most part it's looking wet it's looking windy and at times it will be wintry this cloud and rain makes its way in as we go through monday starting increasingly to snow as we go on into tuesday safer western parts of honshu for much of qaida more destructive snow coming in but by and large it should be fine for tokyo. there was a lot of there in this community as well that he lived on the women they were going to look for to get all the women he want up with his own men she worked with local

women to solve the main problem plaguing their community was not always a key problem that had been brought us a priority and led the way in transforming your difficulty into a success sir following a one to me you stiffing economy. women make change on al-jazeera. the. comeback a main story this hour growing fears in myanmar after a convoy of military tanks was seen on the streets of yangon on residents have told the reuters news agency the internet has been shut down across much of the country

now while in the northern catchin state security forces fired shots to disperse protesters there in our other headlines the world health organization is planning a rapid response to an about outbreak in guinea the 1st resurgence of the disease in 5 years 8 people have tested positive for the virus 3 people have died. and then a day after the united states senate acquitted donald trump in his 2nd impeachment trial the debate has turned to the future for the former president in the past he represents republicans including senate leader mitch mcconnell condemned trump but of course most of them did not vote to convict him citing constitutional reasons. well in our other stories supporters of jailed russian opposition figure election a volley of ignored police warnings and they've held vigils across the country and using valentine's day to bring attention to his arrest around these allies have suspended their street protests because of mass detentions in the past few weeks

and in baba has mol. 0.30 on valentine's day they gathered in small groups in various parts of russia the aim to show solidarity with opposition leader alexei novelli who's currently in jail in playgrounds and courtyards they place candles in the sake of a hot i'm sure lights for mobile phones the coordinated action came in response to a call from a man called leo lead vocals now based in lithuania he's a close ally of alexei navalny too he wants russians to copy tactics used by pro-democracy activists in the neighboring better roots of our force is the viewer more. sophisticated than them that the more creative and we have to think about other forms of protest and the over the in the something folk of urge people to post pictures of sunday's gatherings all social media using the slogan love is stronger than fear the aim was to avoid large demonstrations of the type that seemed thousands of people arrested across russia in recent weeks among them alexei

navalny his wife who's now reportedly in germany and his spokes person kira yarmulkes they were among the women activists being honored in the 2nd city some pieces berg around 100 women formed a human chain near a monument to victims of political repression can do much i think it will have an impact at least we'll show the while that way here that those people are not alone that we stand in solidarity with them in the valley was arrested in january immediately after flying back to moscow he spent many months in germany recovering after he was poisoned with a nerve agent an attack that nearly killed him on friday he was in court facing slander charges which he's dismissed as politically motivated has already been sentenced to nearly 3 years in jail for parole violations while he was convalescing abroad after the recent crackdown his team perspired mass rallies until at least the spring and just a few days ago president putin suggested the street protests were not really about

novell me it was let each of you you know what this person under investigation is gene used precisely at the moment you went and countries all over the world including with our own people are tired irritated and discontented about the conditions in which they live and the income of my family if you are married but if the authorities continue to go after political activists this type of event could well gain momentum the barber al jazeera. the u.k. is ready to extend its covert 19 vaccine rollout off to reaching $50000000.00 vaccinations that's more than 20 percent of the population there now targeting everybody over the age of 50 by the end of april but there are concerns from london's heathrow airport of the new quarantine scheme which comes into force on monday travelers arriving from $33.00 high risk nations will have to isolate an airport hotel for 10 days but he throw fishel say there's been no guidance about passengers and staff mingling when they get off the planes well north macedonia

can finally start over 1000 vaccinations off there the donation of 8005 is a doses from neighboring serbia of macedonia prime minister and the president alexander perform the formal handover aboard a checkpoint ceremony the air has had one of europe's most successful rollouts almost 10 percent of its population now vaccinated but north macedonia like several other balkan nations so far been unsuccessful in securing vaccines meanwhile in lebanon the covered 1000 vaccination drive era started off it received its 1st shipment of the pfizer vaccine on saturday caretaker prime minister has visited the hospital where the 1st jobs were being administered about $28000.00 doses arrive from pfizer in the initial batch more than $2700000.00 in total have been ordered helped by the global kovacs scheme for the wells less wealthy nations at the very

important day for us we've been waiting for this pandemic. to agree thought we've had a lot of cases a lot of faith though it is in the going also really looking forward to the vaccine to hopefully see some light at the end of the tunnel privileged excited happy that this is her premier that it's happening to lebannon a good thing for once it's working and recruits everybody be able to get the chance to get it. well united arab emirates has appointed its 1st ambassador to israel mohammed mahmoud was officially sworn in on sunday the u.a.e. approved the establishment of an embassy in tel aviv last month the same day israel opened its embassy and i would be it follows diplomatic developments in august with the 2 countries agreeing to normalize relations well now to haiti where the foreign minister has alleged that politicians and only guards are using illegal means to try to claim power in the country al-jazeera spoke with cold joseph after weeks of

protests the resignation of president xi of an atom ways to raise above has the story. clashes between protesters and the police have been ongoing in haiti for the past weeks. your position in the country says presidency of an illinois mandate ended on february 7th while the government says it has one more year left. the discussion is over when he's time began. to cough is in 2017 because of the political instability in the country but protesters say the constitution says something else a deceiver spoke to foreign minister. over the political crisis in the caribbean nation very large sectors in the country about that say that what's happening now is illegal and the president said that there was an attempt on his life that are cool it was being set up in haiti 3 judges from the supreme court were removed one of them was detained so is haiti's democracy at risk haiti is not

a democracy at risk what the government is trying to do and we are doing our utmost to keep it is to preserve the marcos in haiti. we have seen over and over how of some politicians in some oligarchs or 'd trying to lose all illegal means to actually claim power in haiti so this is exactly what is going on now but foreign minister you know you're talking about all the guards and about how they handle power in haiti but when you look at the streets of haiti the people of that are on the streets demanding change demanding action criticizing the president are actually demanding that their lives improve i mean they're not oligarchs i mean what do you say to them no they are not oligarch or democracy it's not only here in

the united states in the of democracy how you can call it you have people of. testing and some of them are not i should say use of violent means but the entrusting thing here is that the government is paying attention to what the people or asking they are asking for they live to be improved those are legitimate concerns and we agree and the government is a walking on the president says he will call for a referendum that we lead to the reform of haiti's constitution and says legislative and presidential elections will happen this year the international community including the oh yes and the us seem to support the president's move on the streets discontent is on the rise and people say they will make sure they won't be annoyed that he said well. former president of argentina carlos

menem has died at the age of 90 he won 2 elections and lead the country from 99 to 999 daniel looks at the life of a flamboyant and often controversial figure. carlos menem was for many argentines a man from another time another place he was born in the remote mountainous northwestern province of larry aka the syrian immigrant parents the. man in became governor of his home province in 1973 representing the peronist party founded by the former president one pair on he took to the star with his geltrude dress and white sideburns of 19th century rural heroes and brought to one osiris flamboyance and pena mixing with show business sporting celebrities and driving fast cars. he came to power in 1909 as argentina was suffering hyperinflation

seek justice with his influential economics minister domingo he implemented the plan credited with ending the economic crisis along with large scale privatization of state industries his 2nd term in office however still rising unemployment and increasing social discontent and a prisoner during military rule he helped steer argentina from brutal repression although some criticized him for making too many concessions to those same represses you are seeing in you know he failed to change the argentine constitution limiting him to 2 consecutive terms in office that ran for the presidency again in 2003 standing down before the 2nd round of voting when it became clear it lose to the eventual president mr kitchener meaning was no stranger to controversy convicted of smuggling weapons to crew a show in ecuador and investigated the various corruption charges will be remembered with mixed emotions biology and science who lived through the 1990 s.

one thing they all agree on however life with carlos menem is president was never dull. now the united arab emirates has released the 1st image of laws taken from its hope probe which arrived in the red planet's orbit on tuesday it's been a busy time around last plenty of activity because hope was the 1st of 3 missions to arrive in quick succession chinas jan when one rover arrive the next day and the u.s. nasa rover perseverance will touchdown on thursday well the journey to mars began more than 60 years ago with the then soviets launching a series of probes but success was going to take time on july 14th 1965 now says mariner 4 flew past mars capturing the 1st close up photographs of another planet revealing the impact of craters on the surface in 1971 the soviet laws to land a crash landed on the planet becoming the 1st manmade object to reach the surface there were a string of mars programs after that but the next major success came in 1907 when

the mars pathfinder landed a base station with a roving probe the robotic rover named so jonah was the 1st to operate on the surface of the planet well now spacecraft from 3 nations are in its orbit the u.s. mission perseverance is due to land on thursdays hussein china's 111 in may and then of course the hope probe from the u.a.e. which sent back this image on sunday. i spoke to dr keith smith who's been following the laws missions closely in his capacity as editor of science magazine he says there are several reasons for this upsurge an interest in the red planet. part of that is the fact that the cost. has come down because of commercial. entities being able to provide lotteries but also there has been an increase in the number of different countries around the world who see value in doing this sort of science in sending our spacecraft to other planets to learn more about them and

part of that is to do with the scientific things we can learn and we can search for signs of life on mars and we can understand how its climate has changed and things like that and some of it is to do with generating our high tech industry for their economies and investing in real basic knowledge based. their economy and gaining skills in highly technical areas space for it which can really put. their. workers in good stead for quite a sort of how to tellico projects like this. hour arab. quickly cap of the headline stories now there are growing fears in in an hour after a convoy of military tanks were seen on the streets of yangon thought to be the 1st time an armored vehicle has been seen in the city since a military.